Subdued Trump keeps focus on vets at rally

January 29, 2016 10:01

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump was a bit mellower than usual at the rally for veterans he held in direct competition with the GOP debate Thursday night.

A jovial and relaxed Trump shared the stage with his friends and GOP presidential rivals, and at one point left the stage for about half an hour to allow several wounded veterans to share their stories and urge struggling veterans to seek help.

"Isn't that better than this debate that's going on where they're all sleeping?" Trump said after retaking the stage. "They're all sleeping. They're all sleeping. Everybody."

It was a subdued and unexpected spectacle that ended several days of high drama over whether Trump would carry out his threat to skip the final presidential debate before the Iowa caucuses.

Trump's decision to largely eschew politics at the rally, and instead to focus on the wounded veterans he was purportedly there to support, could help mute criticism that he was playing politics with the nation's soldiers.

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